Apple Collects 87% Of All The Profits In The Smartphone Handset Industryhttp://www.businessinsider.com/apple-smartphone-profit-share-2014-2/comments
en-usWed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500Tue, 03 Mar 2015 17:45:59 -0500Jay Yarowhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/530212f66da811be03896ae5patrick kMon, 17 Feb 2014 08:47:34 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/530212f66da811be03896ae5
It is stupid policies that have led Apple to the brink of bankruptcy in the past. All closed systems ultimately die. Apple will do it again.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52fd48bfeab8eaeb26a6f85delllroyThu, 13 Feb 2014 17:35:43 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52fd48bfeab8eaeb26a6f85d
and by the way even apple's unit market share is just fine. it grew from 7,5% in 2012 to 8,3 % in 2013. that is for all phones sold. see the latest estimates from gartner and idc.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52fd475f6bb3f747691a5784elllroyThu, 13 Feb 2014 17:29:51 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52fd475f6bb3f747691a5784
Weird, isn't it? The tech press thinks apple has a problem because most competitors are selling their products for much less and even then can't make a profit. It feels like we live in some kind of bizarro universe where the clear leader of the worldwide phone market, the company that is the most profitable is in some deep kind of trouble while their money losing competitors are all fine.
that is as if i would say google is in big trouble because they make most of the money in search. anyone could just come in and make a better and cheaper (for the advertisers) search engine...http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52fd47146bb3f742651a578dbudanskiThu, 13 Feb 2014 17:28:36 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52fd47146bb3f742651a578d
Apple has it wrong! its all about marketshare…. /shttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/52fd459fecad04c603a6f85celllroyThu, 13 Feb 2014 17:22:23 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52fd459fecad04c603a6f85c
and the best thing is: it is not smartphone profits but ALL phone business profits including feature phones. Jay got it wrong.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52fd452e6bb3f75e631a577felllroyThu, 13 Feb 2014 17:20:30 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52fd452e6bb3f75e631a577f
numbers are correct:
<a href="http://www.asymco.com/2014/02/10/fortune-130/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" >http://www.asymco.com/2014/02/10/fortune-130/</a>http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52fd422369beddc87b8dfbf4freddy beeThu, 13 Feb 2014 17:07:31 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52fd422369beddc87b8dfbf4
not saying i'd rather see anything... just the focus on hardware only tells part of the story. apple has 88. Samsung has 33. google has nothing, but they make a bundle off of advertising. in terms of iTunes alone being 1/2 as big as google's search revenue... something's not right with your numbers...http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52fd401769bedd107b8dfbf2delb0yThu, 13 Feb 2014 16:58:47 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52fd401769bedd107b8dfbf2
"Apple is minting cash because it prices its phones at a premium relative to the competition. In most of the world, an entry level iPhone 5S costs over $800. At that price, cheaper Android makers have swooped in and taken share from the iPhone."
The last part should read... In most of the world, an entry level iPhone 5S costs over $800. At that price, cheaper Android makers have swooped in and have made a loss.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52fd3607eab8ea2c600d2553Marc BolanThu, 13 Feb 2014 16:15:51 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52fd3607eab8ea2c600d2553
I love Apple products. I buy everything they make. I love the fact that the company is so profitable, and that I'm contributing to that profitability.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52fd25be6bb3f71044b9aa35John TillmanThu, 13 Feb 2014 15:06:22 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52fd25be6bb3f71044b9aa35
So, you'd rather not have Apple generate $5-6 billion per quarter profit on iphone hardware but, generate $2 billion per year in revenue in mobile advertising. Mobile Services (via iTunes) is already half as big as Google's total search revenue.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52fd1c1eecad04ea304b0289freddy beeThu, 13 Feb 2014 14:25:18 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52fd1c1eecad04ea304b0289
no doubt - they're pulling in huge margins on hardware in the mobile space. who's making the money via mobile services / advertising? iAd is nowhere.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52fd19666da81145454f5309wt62Thu, 13 Feb 2014 14:13:42 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52fd19666da81145454f5309
As long there are idiots in this world Apple will do fine. They are the 99% lolhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/52fd176a6da8115a304f530bbiffThu, 13 Feb 2014 14:05:14 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52fd176a6da8115a304f530b
OK Apple bashers, come on out and complain that the other companies are doing it better (or just as good) and Apple sucks. The only real metric in the business world is profits and losses. Who made money; who lost money; and by how much. Apple consistently beats all others in that department (profits versus losses). Increasing scale by reducing prices doesn't always translate to bigger profits.